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Leptospermum brachyandrum Jack Frost

Botanical Name: Common Names:
Leptospermum brachyandrum Jack Frost Silver Weeping Tea Tree,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Trees Dense, Shrub Like, Weeping

Description:
An attractive small tree with gently weeping branches, copper-pink bark and silver dusted foliage and small white flowers occurring in spring. Silver Weeping Tea Tree creates a stunning screening plant with its arching branches and silver foliage. Also ideal as a specimen plant. Grows approx. 5m H x 3m W.

Mature Height: Mature Width:
4-10m 2-4m

Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained

Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Low Water Garden, Park And Gardens, Native Garden

Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free, Myrtlepest And Disease Rust

Cultural Notes:

Plant Care
Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well

Family Name: Origin:
Myrtaceae Australia

Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Silver
Flower Colour: White
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant

Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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